For all you POWDER skiers out there...

Chilly.

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So I'm moving to Jackson Hole next year and I need a fatty ski. I am about 5 ft 9 in and I weigh 135 pounds. I am an aggressive skier. I will be doing mostly backcountry and deep pow but also some bc jibbing. If anyone has any suggestions for a super fun pow ski, let me know! +K for good answers
 
K2 Hellbents
Volkl Chopstick
and aprently next years rockered ninthward (think its the vanular pro) is supposed to be real dope.
 
i like the obsethed's for a more everyday ski and hellbents or ep pros.
i've never skied on3p skis but they have a great rep so i don't think you could go wrong.
 
^what a steal.

And 192 DPS Lotus 138s ftw, Jackson should have nothing less you lucky bastard, and you're big enough for them if you ski hard at all. Don't waste possibly the best mountain in the continental US with soft nearly center mounted pow-jib skis.
 
Add Donner Party to this list. As fat as it may seem, it really isn't all that hard to handle. I'm 5'11" 160lbs and they are effortless in pow. On groomers, they take a little work because the reverse sidecut tends to split your legs apart. After a few days I got used to them, and I beat a lot of my friends down groomers on them and ride them in the park every so often.
Bottom line: Donner Parties may seem intimidating, but they really aren't.
 
thanks everybodySo im looking into a few of the skis suggested:CaylorHellbentNighttrainDPS Lotus
also if anybody has skied frnt CRJs let me know what they think
 
Haven't skied them but almost got a pair before I got the great deal on One Lifes. I ended up flexing a pair of CRJs and they were really soft, way softer than I would have thought. I doubt they would be very ideal for Jackson charging you get to do. If you're really set on the pow-jib shape I'd get One Lifes for the stiffness(they are better than any other pow-jib ski I've skied at charging and still jib great, and I've skied lots of skis similar shape to them). I doubt anybody else here(that's not on TGR too) has skied them, but Lotus 138s are the best powder ski made and charge pow the best of any ski I've skied, get them!
 
yeah i was at the sports creel the other day he said the same thing god i love (no homo) that guy so cool
 
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